Interior Marketplace


	Meet the Interior Marketplace Staff We love getting to know our customers by name and making them feel like they're part of our Interior Marketplace extended "family." We thought you'd enjoy knowing a little bit about us, too!

Our Owners

Troy Hopkins
Troy Hopkins created the concept of Interior Marketplace and was the original owner, along with wife Patty Hopkins. Prompted by a long-time interest in furniture building, Troy spent time "moonlighting" and selling furniture while he was still employed in an executive position with the Frito-Lay company in Tennessee. This eventually led to the establishment of Interior Marketplace in 2000. The complex opened with Troy at its helm as Operating Manager and twelve shops in a renovated old church and farmhouse. His current business partner,Tom Stackhouse, joined him in 2002. Though he retains his involvement with the administration of Interior Marketplace, Troy owns and operates a second business in the Huntsville area, Office Pride, and has relinquished the job of Operations Manager to Tom Stackhouse.

Tom Stackhouse
Tom Stackhouse is both an owner and the current Operating Manager of Interior Marketplace. Tom joined our staff in 2002 and has more than 30 years of retail experience. He relocated to Huntsville in 2001, joining family members "Biddie" and Ronnie Banks, who are long-time Huntsville area residents. Tom owned his own jewelry business in Florida for over 20 years, and is a skilled jewelry maker, designer, and goldsmith. Past experience also includes years as a college administrator after receiving a BA from Valdosta State University and earning an ME from Indiana University. Tom can be found hard at work for hours before Interior Marketplace opens its doors in the morning and is on site assisting customers and staff throughout the day.

Regular Scheduled Daily Staff

Pictured from left to right:
Linda Christian, Michelle Parker,
Jean Bryan and Frances Rembert

Linda Christian
Linda has been a hard-working and accommodating member of our sales staff since 2005. Linda and her husband Mike are long-time Huntsville residents and have two daughters, Olivia and Grace. (Olivia has joined our regularly scheduled part-time sales staff!) Linda comes to Interior Marketplace after time spent raising her family and involvement in church activities. She continues to balance those responsibilities with her job and "leisure" time hobbies like daily distance running and sewing

Frances Rembert
Frances Rembert came to Interior Marketplace after she moved to Huntsville to be near her daughter, Jill Adams, and her family. Frances also has a son, Jamie, who is a practicing physician in San Francisco. Frances moved to Huntsville from South Carolina, where she was the working owner of her own specialty toyshop, The Fun Forest, for 17 years. Her genuine enthusiasm for helping customers makes her invaluable to our sales staff.

Olivia Reed
Olivia joined the Interior Marketplace staff as a part-time sales representative in 2007 and became a full-time employee in the summer of 2008. In her current position as Store Manager for the complex, she assists daily with customer service, works on the full-time sales staff, coordinates employees and tenants. Olivia also coordinates store advertising, sales and promotions, and charity donations and fundraisers. Olivia recieved her Bachelors of Fine Arts from Birmingham-Southern College in the areas of photography and sculpture in 2005. She and her husband, John David, reside in Huntsville with their dog, Dixie.

Regularly Scheduled Part-time Staff

Hilary Russell

Olivia Christian

Hilary Russell
Hilary Russell is a shop owner at Interior Marketplace as well as a member of our sales staff. "Touching Borders," located in the "Old House" section of Interior Marketplace, isn't Hilary's first business venture, however. She has established a reputation as a skilled pen and ink artist and is regularly commissioned to do portraits and architectural renderings of area homes. A 2003 graduate of Auburn University, Hilary was recognized with an "Exceptional Art" Award in Huntsville's Bicentennial art contest and exhibition titled "Unique Views of Huntsville" in 2005. Hilary and her husband, Victor, are Huntsville residents.

Olivia Christian
Our regularly scheduled staff includes reliable and energetic student: Olivia Christian. She work afternoons, weekends and summer hours at our sales counters, balancing school studies and activities with her work at our store. We are proud to have her as a member of our counter sales staff.